NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 1: 1: Two and a half years of practice
Emerald Kingdom, Black Mountain Province, Lake County, Blackwater Valley.
The river valley plain was covered in snow, with smoke curling up and some small wooden houses scattered around.
On the high ground, a not-so-majestic castle was built against the mountain. The collapsed towers and battlements all showed the castle owner's desolation.
On the hillside outside the castle, in the pile of dry grass half covered by ice and snow, a cute snow rabbit was foraging for food, while being on guard against natural enemies.
Seventy meters away, a young man wearing a white fur coat, a white velvet hat, and brown snow boots hid behind a crooked tree, blending into the white snow behind him.
He slowly stretched out his hand and drew the bow and arrow. The bow was a military bow, not an ordinary hunting bow.
Then, accompanied by the sound of arrows breaking through the air, the next moment, the snow rabbit fell to the ground, and the iron arrow shot its head.
Archery: Level 1 (Extreme)
Riding: Level 1 (Extreme)
Noble Dance: Level 1 (Extreme)
Basic Fighting: Level 1 (Extreme)
Basic Swordsmanship: Level 1 (Extreme)
Looking at the proficiency panel in his mind, Levi's mouth curled up.
"My most difficult archery skill has reached its limit. Now, within the effective range of the bow and arrow and my field of vision, I can hit any prey I target with 100% accuracy. Looking at the history of the kingdom, my archery skills are enough to be called a master archer. And I am just a knight's squire who has been practicing for two and a half years."
In two and a half years, I have practiced the five basic skills that a knight's squire needs to master: riding, shooting, dancing, fighting, and sword. I have practiced them all to the limit and exceeded the task. My physical fitness has also been trained to a certain level, and I should be qualified to learn the breathing method."
"Only by learning the breathing method can you become a true knight, and barely save your life in this world where wars, natural disasters and man-made disasters are constantly going on, the law of the jungle and even supernatural powers are hidden."
"After all, the original owner of this body may have been killed by [evil spirits]."
Levi is not a native of this world. He is a traverser who was reborn into this noble son three years ago, in the first millennium of the Holy Hui Calendar. The golden finger is the proficiency panel in his mind.
Judging from the last memory of the original owner before his death, when the original owner was fishing in the Blackwater River, he caught a female corpse in white clothes with empty eye holes and disheveled hair. Her face was pale and swollen, and her swollen skin was still spraying water. It was suspected that it was a kind of evil spirit described in the folklore of this world: the water fairy.
Then the original owner fell into eternal darkness until his body was occupied by himself.
Later, the baron's retainer, Knight Fred, found himself wet all over, lying on the riverside sleeping, with a bunch of smelly water plants and rotten fish and shrimps around him, and muttering inexplicable sleep talk like "I don't have an air force (transliteration of Knight Fred)" like a spell.
This real knight still thinks that Master Levi was angry and crazy because he couldn't catch any fish, and lost his mind and tried to catch fish in the water himself, which led to this scene.
And Levi naturally didn't tell others about the encounter with the evil spirit, otherwise it would be difficult to explain that he was still alive after encountering the evil spirit.
But the evil spirit has become Levi's psychological shadow, and he still dares not go to the Blackwater River.
In fact, from what Levi knows now, the legend of evil spirits has existed since ancient times, but most people have never seen them.
It's like there is a legend about "wizards" who are extraordinary beings who master wind, thunder, earth and fire, but no one has ever seen them.
Even the knowledgeable Knight Fred, who traveled all over the Emerald Kingdom when he was young, only regarded wizards as legendary things.
"Wizards, what a noble and mysterious profession. No matter how strong a knight is, he is just a stronger Muggle. Compared with wizards, it's like practicing martial arts and cultivating immortals."
Levi yearns for it. Most legends are not groundless, so after seeing the real existence of evil spirits, Levi firmly believes that there must be wizards in this world, and it is not just as simple as the fictional legends of the bards.
But he also knows that with his current abilities, pursuing wizards is too illusory. Looking up at the stars, you have to be down-to-earth.
Therefore, since the age of ten, Levi has been constantly training his five knight arts. Now, with the help of the proficiency panel, in less than three years, Levi has practiced all five knight arts to the limit.
Levi is confident that most of the official knights, such as Lord Fred, are not as good as him in the basic five arts of knights, especially the archery that Levi is proud of.
Twelve-year-old Levi is now 1.75 meters tall, looks strong and powerful, with a strong back and strong waist. Except for his face, which is a bit childish, he is stronger than many adult men in other aspects.
In this alien world with extremely low productivity, most malnourished civilian men who grew up eating black bread are not as strong as Levi.
This is a backward era where cold weapons are king. A strong body plus a knight's plate armor weighing dozens of pounds, the advantage in battle is far beyond the reach of a weak body.
Now, everything is ready, except for the breathing method.
The breathing method is not the sooner you learn it, the better. If your physical fitness is not good enough, forcing yourself to learn it will damage your body at best, and even lead to obsession.
This is also the reason why knights are required to learn basic swordsmanship and basic fighting to exercise their bodies before becoming knights' attendants.
In a good mood, Levi picked up the snow rabbit on the ground and turned back home.
At the bottom of the hill, a middle-aged knight with silver hair looked at Levi with a smile on his face and said in a very relieved tone.
"If the master is still here, he would be very happy to see your archery skills."
This is Knight Fred, who is called "Snake Knight" by his enemies and followers. He is a man that the Baron told Levi that he can absolutely trust before his death.
In fact, it is true. For Levi, the time he spent with the Baron is far less than that of Knight Fred.
So, to a certain extent, the teacher-student or master-servant relationship generated by the daily life with Knight Fred is stronger than the blood relationship with the Baron.
Sir Fred is too kind. I haven't done enough. I want to learn breathing techniques and become a real knight as soon as possible. Winter is coming, and the long night is coming. Wandering knights or bandits in the wilderness may invade our territory at any time and threaten our safety. I can't live under your protection forever. "
"After my father died, we have lost the Tulip Territory in the south where it is spring all year round, and the Storm Territory in the east where the minerals are rich. The barren and remote Blackwater Valley is our last home. "
"I am the only blood of the family. For the Snake family, I must become stronger!"
"Glory belongs to the Black Snake! And I'm ready!"
Levi looked unwilling, clenched his fists, and tried to act.
"The Black Snake Holding a Candle" is the family emblem of the Snake family, so the Snake family is also called the "Black Snake Family".
His father, Baron Sod Snake, is not only one of the "Seven Knights of the North" who is afraid of everyone, but also a real knight. He is also the Earl of Tulip Territory and the Lord of Storm Territory!
Compared with the Blackwater Valley, which is difficult to develop agricultural production in winter for half a year, Tulip Territory and Storm Territory are much more prosperous.
Levi was born in the Flower City of Tulip Territory when he was a child. The climate there is humid, the plains are open, and the soil is fertile, which is extremely suitable for settlement and development.
Although Storm Territory often encounters stormy weather, it is also a treasure land with extremely rich minerals.
The period before Levi was ten years old was the peak period of the Black Snake Knight. He had 5,000 soldiers under his command. Relying on the precious land of Storm Territory, he had 500 fully armed and fierce cavalrymen. In this world with backward productivity, some weak dukes might have only this configuration.
However, all this was based on the personal power of the Baron, the great knight.
If the knight is a little famous in the world of martial arts and a master who dominates one side, then the status of the great knight is comparable to the existence of the Five Absolutes of the Central Plains who shocked the entire world in such an era.
Only the legendary knights who are rare, such as "Lionheart Knight Rhine", "Golden Knight Greg", "Blood Knight Brad", "Snowflake Knight Flair" and other legendary figures, can surpass the great knight.
The existence of the legendary knight, in this world, has a status similar to that of the founder of the sect or the martial arts myth such as Bodhidharma, Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of the Xiaoyao Sect, and Dugu Qiubai. In most cases, they can only become the tool man of the combat ceiling in the story.
Therefore, the peak state of the Black Snake Knight is the top of the pyramid of the open combat power in this world.
And such a person, after accepting the call for the Millennium Holy War jointly launched by the Emerald Kingdom and the Holy Light Church against the Tuva Empire on the coast three years ago, never returned.
In the end, Levi only waited for the unbelievable news that the baron and all his soldiers died on the battlefield.
According to the laws of the kingdom, the title is hereditary, and the three territories of the baron should be inherited by the only son Levi, but before the inheritance, it needs to be notarized by the special envoy sent by the king.
Witnessed by the special envoy appointed by the Emerald King, Levi
became the new owner of the three territories under the baron, at least in name. In fact, combined with the situation at the time, Levi took the initiative to return to the remote and barren Blackwater Valley, where Baron Sode made his fortune. This territory had been managed by Knight Fred before.
becoming the king. He just wanted to practice breathing quietly, rely on the proficiency panel to become a knight, a great knight, or even a legendary knight, and then follow the footsteps of the wizard.
After all, based on what he knows now, only wizards can achieve his goal of immortality, and only wizards can truly be fearless of those supernatural creatures.
However, although he thought so in his heart, in front of Knight Fred, his father's most trusted retainer, Levi still had to do what he should do on the surface.
Moreover, knight training requires a lot of resources and wealth, and the world is also the same.
Therefore, Levi's plan is very clear. Learn breathing, hurry up to become a formal knight, and then build a territory to make some money for his own practice. After having enough self-protection power, travel around the seven countries and embark on a journey to find a wizard.
(End of this chapter)